Russia 3 Roubles, 2001

3 Roubles from Russia. Issued in 2001. Struck in Silver (.900). Measures 39 mm and weighs 34.88 g.

Obverse

In the centre — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, lower — the semicircular inscription — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ТРИ РУБЛЯ» (THREE ROUBLES), at the bottom — the year of issue «2001», the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right — the fine metal content and the mint trade mark. (Three Roubles
Bank of Russia
MMD)

Reverse

To the left — the letters ГТСК (the Russian abbreviation for the State Labour Savings-Bank) intertwined by a ribbon, and the dam Dnieproges (the hydro-electric power station on the Dniepr River), to the right — a savings-book, in the background — a tractor on the plough-land, above it — the rising sun, the inscription along the rim: «СБЕРЕГАТЕЛЬНОЕ ДЕЛО В РОССИИ» (THE SAVINGS-AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA). (The Savings-Affairs in Russia)

Edge

300 corrugations